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@venteto.bsky.social
· Feb 2
I hope content creators here always check how many lists they're in before quitting Bluesky thinking they don't have enough followers
For readers It's often easier to browse many LISTS than to FOLLOW thousands of accounts, alas you must go to @clearsky.app to get info which should be in the UI here
For readers It's often easier to browse many LISTS than to FOLLOW thousands of accounts, alas you must go to @clearsky.app to get info which should be in the UI here
How many self-styled #FreeSpeechAbsolutist #conservative #MAGA types who've spent years clamoring for #FreeSpeech and bemoaning being #cancelled are now are now #doxxing non-conservatives for exercising their own #FirstAmendment rights regarding #CharlieKirk?
#RightWing #hypocrisy is infinite
#RightWing #hypocrisy is infinite
People are getting fired for allegedly celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder. It looks like a coordinated effort | CNN Business
Dozens of social media posts and messages about the murder of Charlie Kirk, including some that celebrated his death, are being spotlighted by conservative activists, Republican elected officials and ...
www.cnn.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
How many self-styled #FreeSpeechAbsolutist #conservative #MAGA types who've spent years clamoring for #FreeSpeech and bemoaning being #cancelled are now are now #doxxing non-conservatives for exercising their own #FirstAmendment rights regarding #CharlieKirk?
#RightWing #hypocrisy is infinite
#RightWing #hypocrisy is infinite
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In the late 1800s, Southern black farmers built a mass movement to resist oppression.
Though often forgotten today, the black populists and their acts of cross-racial solidarity terrified the planter class, who responded with violence and Jim Crow laws.
Though often forgotten today, the black populists and their acts of cross-racial solidarity terrified the planter class, who responded with violence and Jim Crow laws.
The Black Populist Movement Has Been Snuffed Out of the History Books
In the late 1800s, Southern black farmers built a mass movement to resist oppression. Though often forgotten today, the black populists and their acts of cross-racial solidarity terrified the planter class, who responded with violence and Jim Crow laws.
jacobin.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In the late 1800s, Southern black farmers built a mass movement to resist oppression.
Though often forgotten today, the black populists and their acts of cross-racial solidarity terrified the planter class, who responded with violence and Jim Crow laws.
Though often forgotten today, the black populists and their acts of cross-racial solidarity terrified the planter class, who responded with violence and Jim Crow laws.
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Sure, wealth taxes are not a panacea for the ruinous problems caused by capitalism, but the fact that the rich hate them is a good reason to pursue them further.
Billionaires Hate This One Weird Trick: Taxing Them
The global movement to tax billionaires, much to the dismay of the 1%, is gaining steam. Sure, wealth taxes are not a panacea for the ruinous problems caused by capitalism, but the fact that the rich hate them is a good reason to pursue them further.
jacobin.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sure, wealth taxes are not a panacea for the ruinous problems caused by capitalism, but the fact that the rich hate them is a good reason to pursue them further.
Ironic given that Trump doesn't drink, due to his brother's alcohol-related death
But this admin loathes access to ALL data on ANY topic, even seeking to deorbit climate satellites, which is the opposite of what you want from govt
#nolo #nolow #noandlow #nonalcoholic
#dealcoholised #dealcoholized
But this admin loathes access to ALL data on ANY topic, even seeking to deorbit climate satellites, which is the opposite of what you want from govt
#nolo #nolow #noandlow #nonalcoholic
#dealcoholised #dealcoholized
Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
www.vox.com/health/46008...
www.vox.com/health/46008...
Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
Kennedy wants to “Make America Healthy Again” — but doesn’t want you to see a report that could do just that.
www.vox.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ironic given that Trump doesn't drink, due to his brother's alcohol-related death
But this admin loathes access to ALL data on ANY topic, even seeking to deorbit climate satellites, which is the opposite of what you want from govt
#nolo #nolow #noandlow #nonalcoholic
#dealcoholised #dealcoholized
But this admin loathes access to ALL data on ANY topic, even seeking to deorbit climate satellites, which is the opposite of what you want from govt
#nolo #nolow #noandlow #nonalcoholic
#dealcoholised #dealcoholized
Hi @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social I wondered if there is a typo in the last paragraph here (if it should be melanin rods, not melatonin rods)
A very fascinating read!
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
@arstechnica.com
A very fascinating read!
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
@arstechnica.com
Peacock feathers can emit laser beams
The feathers can emit two frequencies of laser light from multiple regions across their colored eyespots.
arstechnica.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Hi @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social I wondered if there is a typo in the last paragraph here (if it should be melanin rods, not melatonin rods)
A very fascinating read!
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
@arstechnica.com
A very fascinating read!
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
@arstechnica.com
Hey @andreitr.bsky.social I was curious why the hashtags on the #artbots posts don't seem to pick up formatting as hashtags (see the example quote post below)
Composition by László Moholy-Nagy, 1927 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137628
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137628
July 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hey @andreitr.bsky.social I was curious why the hashtags on the #artbots posts don't seem to pick up formatting as hashtags (see the example quote post below)
I'm shocked that people still use Godaddy, when you could use @porkbun.com or anyone else
I think even Bluesky partners w/ @namecheap.com to register domains
Sadly, all 3 registrars use #AI
But GoDaddy has always been trash; the cringe founder voted for Trump too
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoDaddy...
I think even Bluesky partners w/ @namecheap.com to register domains
Sadly, all 3 registrars use #AI
But GoDaddy has always been trash; the cringe founder voted for Trump too
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoDaddy...
July 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I'm shocked that people still use Godaddy, when you could use @porkbun.com or anyone else
I think even Bluesky partners w/ @namecheap.com to register domains
Sadly, all 3 registrars use #AI
But GoDaddy has always been trash; the cringe founder voted for Trump too
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoDaddy...
I think even Bluesky partners w/ @namecheap.com to register domains
Sadly, all 3 registrars use #AI
But GoDaddy has always been trash; the cringe founder voted for Trump too
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoDaddy...
We need a #bookmark button beside the like button (not hidden in a menu) so we don't deluge some poor user w/ a thousand notifications when we browse their profile after a long time away and see lots of coolness we want to save
@jay.bsky.team @rose.bsky.team @emilyliu.me @bnewbold.net @pfrazee.com
@jay.bsky.team @rose.bsky.team @emilyliu.me @bnewbold.net @pfrazee.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We need a #bookmark button beside the like button (not hidden in a menu) so we don't deluge some poor user w/ a thousand notifications when we browse their profile after a long time away and see lots of coolness we want to save
@jay.bsky.team @rose.bsky.team @emilyliu.me @bnewbold.net @pfrazee.com
@jay.bsky.team @rose.bsky.team @emilyliu.me @bnewbold.net @pfrazee.com
«Obama continued George W. Bush’s policy of bailing out “too big to fail” banks while leaving homeowners who lost their houses in the 2008 crash underwater. He oversaw eight years of mounting economic inequality»
#DNC needs a major reboot, centrists cannot remain as the party leaders
#GroundhogDay
#DNC needs a major reboot, centrists cannot remain as the party leaders
#GroundhogDay
Opinion | Obama still doesn’t get why Trump won. That’s the problem.
The 44th president's message at his democracy forum was just his same old brand of centrism, which is unsuited to the current populist era.
www.msnbc.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
«Obama continued George W. Bush’s policy of bailing out “too big to fail” banks while leaving homeowners who lost their houses in the 2008 crash underwater. He oversaw eight years of mounting economic inequality»
#DNC needs a major reboot, centrists cannot remain as the party leaders
#GroundhogDay
#DNC needs a major reboot, centrists cannot remain as the party leaders
#GroundhogDay
«Many things drove voters to Trump ... the feeling that the #DemocraticParty had been hijacked by the #ComfortClass was one of them»
Moreover, #ThirdWay #neoliberal #centrism will be the end of Dems — #RepublicanLite is no #alternative to the GQP
#Progressivism is the only way forward for Dems
Moreover, #ThirdWay #neoliberal #centrism will be the end of Dems — #RepublicanLite is no #alternative to the GQP
#Progressivism is the only way forward for Dems
What the Comfort Class Doesn’t Get
People with generational wealth control a society that they don’t understand.
www.theatlantic.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
«Many things drove voters to Trump ... the feeling that the #DemocraticParty had been hijacked by the #ComfortClass was one of them»
Moreover, #ThirdWay #neoliberal #centrism will be the end of Dems — #RepublicanLite is no #alternative to the GQP
#Progressivism is the only way forward for Dems
Moreover, #ThirdWay #neoliberal #centrism will be the end of Dems — #RepublicanLite is no #alternative to the GQP
#Progressivism is the only way forward for Dems
You don't need to create any online accounts to use Manjaro Linux or Linux Mint
Microsoft looks to be making a big change to how you install and log in to Windows 11 – and I’m not happy about it at all
Never mind blocking workarounds to sign in with a local account, just give us a straightforward choice in the installation process
www.techradar.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
You don't need to create any online accounts to use Manjaro Linux or Linux Mint
« #Capitalism could jog nicely alongside the brutal suppression of #democracy, and even #genocide »
#fascism
#fascism
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
« #Capitalism could jog nicely alongside the brutal suppression of #democracy, and even #genocide »
#fascism
#fascism
Shift + Alt + I is my new favorite VS Code keyboard shortcut
How to edit all lines in Visual Studio Code
I have a list of data to which I need to put a ' symbol at the start of the line and at the end of the line. So the original data looks like this:
abcde
cdeab
deabc
eabcd
And I want all of the li...
stackoverflow.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Shift + Alt + I is my new favorite VS Code keyboard shortcut
"Thanks to intentional staff shortages at the #IRS, your missing tax payment might go unnoticed, just as the #Trump family’s multibillion-dollar #fraud escaped the agency’s auditors for decades. But if tax evasion is a secretive act, #TaxResistance is #CivilDisobedience, a public, political act."
It’s time for Americans to withhold their taxes | Judith Levine
The point is not to deprive the government of funds. It’s to expose the regime’s criminality
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Thanks to intentional staff shortages at the #IRS, your missing tax payment might go unnoticed, just as the #Trump family’s multibillion-dollar #fraud escaped the agency’s auditors for decades. But if tax evasion is a secretive act, #TaxResistance is #CivilDisobedience, a public, political act."
"It's an opportunity. #Wine producers are struggling, but there's a demand for #dealcoholised wine and it needs wine as its base, so #NOLO is far from being a threat.”
www.meiningers-international.com/wine/insight...
www.meiningers-international.com/wine/insight...
The Growth of NOLO in France – an Opportunity for Winegrowers? | Meininger's International
As alcohol consumption declines in France, the demand for no- and low-alcohol (NOLO) beverages grows. Louise Hurren looks at some of the latest developments. Reading time: 11m
www.meiningers-international.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:47 AM
"It's an opportunity. #Wine producers are struggling, but there's a demand for #dealcoholised wine and it needs wine as its base, so #NOLO is far from being a threat.”
www.meiningers-international.com/wine/insight...
www.meiningers-international.com/wine/insight...
It took 4 posts on here to share 1 FB post. This isn't efficient, nor progress. This is an obsolete model. Even on Mastodon you often see at least 500 chars as a norm. Try being revolutionary for real. A protocol is intangible.
@jay.bsky.team @emilyliu.me @rose.bsky.team @pfrazee.com @bnewbold.net
@jay.bsky.team @emilyliu.me @rose.bsky.team @pfrazee.com @bnewbold.net
Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
February 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It took 4 posts on here to share 1 FB post. This isn't efficient, nor progress. This is an obsolete model. Even on Mastodon you often see at least 500 chars as a norm. Try being revolutionary for real. A protocol is intangible.
@jay.bsky.team @emilyliu.me @rose.bsky.team @pfrazee.com @bnewbold.net
@jay.bsky.team @emilyliu.me @rose.bsky.team @pfrazee.com @bnewbold.net
I never understand why folks like @fly.io won't architect a platform that outright STOPS users from exceeding quotas rather than asking free-tier users to trust them with credit card info in a world where #DataBreaches will just become more common
Even a petrol pump can be set to stop at a quota
Even a petrol pump can be set to stop at a quota
February 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I never understand why folks like @fly.io won't architect a platform that outright STOPS users from exceeding quotas rather than asking free-tier users to trust them with credit card info in a world where #DataBreaches will just become more common
Even a petrol pump can be set to stop at a quota
Even a petrol pump can be set to stop at a quota
I hope content creators here always check how many lists they're in before quitting Bluesky thinking they don't have enough followers
For readers It's often easier to browse many LISTS than to FOLLOW thousands of accounts, alas you must go to @clearsky.app to get info which should be in the UI here
For readers It's often easier to browse many LISTS than to FOLLOW thousands of accounts, alas you must go to @clearsky.app to get info which should be in the UI here
February 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I hope content creators here always check how many lists they're in before quitting Bluesky thinking they don't have enough followers
For readers It's often easier to browse many LISTS than to FOLLOW thousands of accounts, alas you must go to @clearsky.app to get info which should be in the UI here
For readers It's often easier to browse many LISTS than to FOLLOW thousands of accounts, alas you must go to @clearsky.app to get info which should be in the UI here
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“A person who is lucidly aware of the miracles that surround him, who has learned to bear up under the loneliness, has made quite a bit of progress on the road to wisdom.”
Escher on loneliness and creativity
Escher on loneliness and creativity
M.C. Escher on Loneliness, Creativity, and How Rachel Carson Inspired His Art, with a Side of Bach
“A person who is lucidly aware of the miracles that surround him, who has learned to bear up under the loneliness, has made quite a bit of progress on the road to wisdom.”
www.themarginalian.org
November 23, 2024 at 1:01 PM
“A person who is lucidly aware of the miracles that surround him, who has learned to bear up under the loneliness, has made quite a bit of progress on the road to wisdom.”
Escher on loneliness and creativity
Escher on loneliness and creativity
This sounds good but I wonder how much electricity it requires, as that the global demand for electricty increases for more air conditioning, charging EV's, feeding greedy AI companies, and sating the appetite of worthless crypto miners
www.newscientist.com/article/2438...
www.newscientist.com/article/2438...
'Butter' made from CO2 could pave the way for food without farming
US start-up Savor says its synthetic vegan fat, made without livestock or the crops needed for margarine, could cut carbon emissions and save rainforests
www.newscientist.com
July 10, 2024 at 3:33 PM
This sounds good but I wonder how much electricity it requires, as that the global demand for electricty increases for more air conditioning, charging EV's, feeding greedy AI companies, and sating the appetite of worthless crypto miners
www.newscientist.com/article/2438...
www.newscientist.com/article/2438...
"For half a century, a litany of federal policies has favored large #SUVs and #trucks, pushing automakers and American buyers toward larger models. Instead of counteracting car bloat through #regulation, policymakers have subtly encouraged it."
#CarBloat #automobiles
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
#CarBloat #automobiles
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars
Dangerous, polluting SUVs and pickup trucks took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.
www.vox.com
April 28, 2024 at 3:03 PM
"For half a century, a litany of federal policies has favored large #SUVs and #trucks, pushing automakers and American buyers toward larger models. Instead of counteracting car bloat through #regulation, policymakers have subtly encouraged it."
#CarBloat #automobiles
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
#CarBloat #automobiles
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Another good reason to make quality #dealcoholized wine a common normal thing, even completely and permanently replacing conventional #wine at some point
#Alzheimers #CognitiveDecline #Dementia
www.newsweek.com/neuroscienti...
#Alzheimers #CognitiveDecline #Dementia
www.newsweek.com/neuroscienti...
Neuroscientists warn of "cascading" Alzheimer's risk from these two habits
The habits produce a "synergistic effect" on our risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease and general cognitive decline.
www.newsweek.com
April 26, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Another good reason to make quality #dealcoholized wine a common normal thing, even completely and permanently replacing conventional #wine at some point
#Alzheimers #CognitiveDecline #Dementia
www.newsweek.com/neuroscienti...
#Alzheimers #CognitiveDecline #Dementia
www.newsweek.com/neuroscienti...